Athens 2004: What did you think?

[Dan]

MrZammler wrote:
Well, the Games are over, greatest moment when the little girl blow the torch... feels sad...

Anyway, what did you think about the Games? I am particularly curious as to what did you think of the open/close ceremonies?  (Thinking that you are not so familiar with Greek music)?

Thanks.

I think it was great, the games them self was good and I think the closing ceremony was better than the opening ceremony which was a bit abstract, I didn´t understood all parts off it but it was good anyway.
But the closing ceremony rocked, literally :-)
Not that I know anything about greek music but it was cool that you did it that way with a bunch off the top popsingers  in Greece.

I have one complaint though, the giant torch, did it had to be so .... hum, cigarshaped? :roflmao: :roflmao: :roflmao:

[Dan]

There was female wrestling but without the mud and with the clothes on. It was still better than the male wrestling, because it was freestyle and the men wrestled in Greeko-Roman style.
Of course judo was best:-)

[Dan]

asian1 wrote:

The budget is US$ 13 Billion and Greek government and people must pay for US$ 7 Billion debt for several decades, similar to Montreal Olympics 1976.
Should IOC reduce number of games and athletes on the future Olympics to reduce cost?

It´s more costeffective to reduce the IOC :lol:

Can small / poor countries afford to host future Olympics?

Greece is a small country, and no country which doesn´t have the infrastructure already in place will ever get it.
Olympics in Mauretania or Mali? Not in the next fifty years :lol: